Don't let us fool you, we really are still 5 years old

Tonight I hung out with Kelsie. And it was a darn fun evening. The only thing that would have made it better was if Karlie was there and if we'd had room in our stomachs for ice cream.

I picked Kelsie up and put gas in my car (which was not fun because gas costs approximately a bazillion dollars a gallon right now). Then we went to Rubio's for dinner. Kelsie made fun of me because my mouth was burning and according to her nothing I ate was spicy. My tongue disagreed.

The best part of the night was the 2 hours we spent at Target, most of which was spent on the Barbie aisle. Why are Barbie's so darn fun? Kelsie and I slowly worked our way down the aisle oooing and ahhing over all the different Barbie's and how we would have loved each one when we were little. And how much we couldn't wait to have little girls so we could play Barbie's with them.

Before we made our way to the Barbie aisle we were on the baby doll aisle. There was an older lady looking at stuff on the aisle and at one point Kelsie picked up a baby doll bath tub set and asked me if I remembered our baby doll bath. I responded "yes, I remember it. But I never got to play with it because it was yours and you're stingy." And then the lady turned around and asked, "sisters?" and we responded, "yep".

Back to the important stuff though. Barbie's. Or in this case Ken.

So, we found this Ken. It's called Sweet Talkin' Ken. It is amazing.

Basically Sweet Talkin' Ken has a button on his chest that when you hold it down and say something, then let go, Ken repeats it back in his voice. Just imagine for me, Kelsie's voice and KEN'S VOICE.

I love Barbie. I LOVE BARBIE.

I'm made of plastic. I'M MADE OF PLASTIC.

And countless other silly things. We played with it for at least 5 minutes amid gales of laughter. I'm sure the people at Target thought we were losers. Laughing over this talking Ken doll.

The other Barbie that we spent some time with was the Barbie: A Fairy Secret movie doll.

Barbie starts wearing the evening gown on the left. Then she somehow transforms into the party dress on the right. And then, somehow, she sprouts wings and becomes a fairy.

Which is totally awesome. The only problem is that Kelsie and I could not figure out how it happens. The steps in the pictures do not follow each other logically. I mean I guess it makes sense form step 1 to step 2, but how do the wings factor in? Where do the wings come from!?!?

UPDATE: This link explains who the doll works. They should really explain it better on the box. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI2yswxcZCw

Also on a side note, I saw that season 3 of Chuck was on sale for $19.99. I paid $48 for it less 6 months ago! How unfair is that?!

Microphone and headphone jacks are different

Last night Elsa, Jess, Brooke, and I decided to go to the temple early this morning, so last night we were all trying to go to bed early. I decided that while I was trying to fall asleep I would watch the last 12 minutes of Chuck I missed when I went to FHE, on my computer.

Brooke was in bed already trying to fall asleep, so I got into bed and plugged in my headphones.

But I couldn't hear anything! Well I could hear it a little. But the thing is, I have really good headphones and normally the volume doesn't have to be up that loud. Regardless, I just couldn't hear anything.

So I turned up the volume.

Eventually I had the volume on my computer turned all the way up, as well as the volume on the media player. I chalked it up to a bad soundtrack on the video and kept watching.

A few minutes later Elsa opened the door and started trying to talk to me. Now I have issues with lip reading in the light, but in the dark there is no way in the world. I took my headphones out and start to get out of bed so I could go into the hallway to talk to Elsa and we wouldn't wake up Brooke.

In the middle of getting up, I realized I could still hear Chuck!

At first I was confused. "Wait I can still hear it..."

(Elsa and Brooke burst out laughing)

"I didn't have my headphones plugged in! But I swear they were in! No wonder I couldn't hear it..."

My headphones were plugged into the spot where the microphone is suppose to be plugged in. Who in their right mind designs a computer with the two right next to each other?! Well most people probably do, but really?!

So there I was lying in bed, innocently (or so I thought) watching Chuck. But noooooo! I was laying in bed watching Chuck blasting the sound so loud that Elsa could hear it in her bathroom.

Luckily, Brooke wasn't asleep or almost asleep yet, so I didn't wake her up. If I had, I would have felt AWFUL. Instead when I said that I would put my headphones in for the rest of the episode Brooke told me not to because...

"I have to see how it ends!" We may have another Chuck fanatic in our midst yet...

So Brooke and I finished the episode of Chuck and then quietly went to bed.

The moral of the story is - microphone and headphone jacks are different. In case you didn't know.

Awkwardness

Don't you just love when you're in a group setting and someone is trying to start a discussion but nobody will respond?

Well, that happened tonight. It was awkward.

It doesn't help when the discussion topic/question doesn't even make sense. Or when all you can think about is how you're missing the last 20 minutes of Chuck to sit in awkward silence.

Kelsie said to offer a suggestion about how to change this, but really I have no idea. I kind of like awkward situations like this because I know that I'm not going to say anything - EVER - and it can be kind of fun to watch people squirm.

Also I found out today that I am no longer a scorpio, but am now a virgo. I'm very upset about this. I don't even know what the description for a scorpio is, but I feel like my whole life has been a lie and that I have to go through a major identity transformation/crisis.

In closing, I would like to share this gem from Bro Haglund, a bishopric counselor in my ward-

"Awkwardness is the pathway to true happiness."

Truer words have never been spoken.

I have a problem

They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. The only issue here is that I don't want to recover because I like my problem.

My problem is that I watch TV shows.

Well more like occasionally I find a new series that I like and then I obsess over it. I watch ever episode, one right after the other, until I have watched every episode available.

This becomes an issue when silly things like school and work are a part of my life. Sometimes all I would rather do is watch the next episode of my new obsession series.

Freshman year was when I first came down with this problem. The show was The Office.

"Bears. Beats. Battlestar Galactica." Enough said.

I had never seen The Office before I came to college, but it was the cool thing to watch it, so of course I did too. Soon I realized that I loved The Office. I commenced to watch every episode until I reached the current ones. Now this wasn't such a big deal because I think The Office was only on like season 3, maybe. So it took me 2 weeks, tops.

It wouldn't have been so bad if this is where my problem had stopped. But nooooooo. It only got worse.

Every once in a while I get introduced to a new TV show and then I have to see every single episode. Its all I think about. Its the only thing I want to do. I even start to dream about the TV show (this is due to the fact that I get way to involved in the characters. Once I had a dream with the characters of Chuck, Vampire Diaries, and Bones all in it. It was crazy.)

I've done this with the TV shows

Chuck

Probably my most favorite show of all time. I own the first 3 seasons on DVD and watch them regularly. It is AWESOME.

Bones

Bones actually might be tied with Chuck for most favorite show ever. Temperance Brennan is my hero. If I could handle blood and guts, I would be her. You might not guess this, but you can learn a lot from Bones - at least I have...

Hawaii Five-O

I don't know why I love cop shows, but I do, I just can't help it!

Vampire Diaries

We'll just call it a guilty pleasure.

Nikita

My last obsessive TV show. I can't wait for the new episodes to start.

And probably several others that I can no longer remember. I obviously have a problem.

My newest TV show obsession is House. I love this show so much. I don't know what about it that I love, but I just do.

I just finished season 1. Currently season 7 is airing. That means I have 5 1/2 seasons to watch so that I can be current. I may not surface for a while.

With that said, I'm off to start season 2!